Pen.



F. G.' FENELEY.

PEN.

APPLICATION PIL-Lm Nov. 17, 191s.

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nrntann srmrns rnrnnir oni-iron FREDERCK C. FENELEY, OF DETRIT,MXCHIGAN.

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speeiacauon of Letters rfi/cent.

Application filed November 1'?, 1913. Serial No. 801,470.

To au wle/0m t may concern Be it known that Fnnnnnrcn C. FENE- nnr, acitizen of the 'United States of lime-rica7 residing;- at Detroit, inthe county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have innvented certain newand useful Improvements in Pens, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein 'to the accompanyingdrawings. v

tlf'his invention relates to pens of that type commonly styled fountainpens, andthe primary 'object of my invention is to provide pen that canbe advantageolusly used for writing or printing signs, marking goods "erpacking cases, or for producing heavy lettering or writing of variousstyles.

Another object of this invention is to provide a fountain pen having areservoir for inlr or other writing fluid, and which is provided `withyieldable means for feeding ink in \suflicient quantities to the writingor printing point or member of the pen.

A urtherobject of this invention is to provide a simple7 durable andinexpensive pen of the above type wherein a yieldable Writing orprinting member provides a plurality of ink hearing surfaces whichpermits oif vstripes or marks of various widths being made with the pen,the width of a stripe being defined by 'the width of a face of themember and the maximum Width of a stripe by the distance between theangles of said faces, l

l attain the above and other objects by a mechanical construction thatwill be hereinafter specically described and then claimed, and referencewill now be had to the drawing, wherein- Figure l is a perspective viewof the en; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view o the same; Fig'. 3is a view of the outer end of the pen, and Fig. l is a detail 'elevationof the writing point or member.

A pen in accordance with this invention comprises a cylindrical hollowbody or tube l constituting the handle and reservoir of the pen. Theouter end of the body l is re duced or contracted to provide afrustopyramidical extremity having dat tapering side walls il, the innerwalls of the extremity providing' a socket or seat 3, the purpose ofwhich will presently appear. rllhe outer end j or extremityof the body 1is beveled, as at et, the bevel extending inwardly trom thei top sideoi' the extremity .to the bottom side thereof, the bevel or inclinationbeing smh l Patented Apr., 21., fgjld.

that when the pen isvheld in the hand at an angle to a surface to bewritten or printed y I upon, the beveled end of the extremity en-y gagesthe vsurface with all its points of contact in a common plane.

The Walls 2 are longitudinally slitted or slotted, as at 5, the slits orslots being equally spaced and extending from the-outeredges of thewalls inwardly to provide a plurality of 'equally spaced ink bearingpoints 6 and it isfn this connection that the slits or slots 5 servepractically the same purpose as the, slots and slits of an ordinary penpoint,

Arranged in the body l and normally en gaging the seat 3 is a yieldableWriting point or member 7 which serves two purposes, namely, as an inl(feeding device when the pen is in use and-as a closure for theeirtremity of the body l'when the pen is not in use. llthe member 7preferably comprises a cylindrical body of less diameter. than the.

bore of the, body or tube '1, thereby provid' ing an annular space 8which permits of ink or Writing yfluid flowingtoward the seat 3 of thebody l. The outer end of the member 1 is'reduced or contracted toprovide dat tapering walls 9 adapted to engage the walls of the seat 3and the tapering end or" said member is of suiicient length toprotrudefrom the beveled extremity 2. The outer end of the member 7 -isbeveled, as at 10, in

a plane in parallelism with the beveled end f of the extremity and thelbeveled end of said member has a recess 11 providing Walls l2 that aresimilar to the Walls of the extremity 2. The outer edges of thewalls 12are slitted or slotted, as at 13, tol provide a plurality of in kbearingpoints 11i, the slits or slots 13 registering with the slits orslots of the extremity 25 when vthe member 7 is e shifted linwardly aspressure is brought to bear upon the printing end of the pen. The Wallsof the member 7 areslightly dared, as exaggerated. in the drawing,whereby the slitted outer edges of the walls 'l2 will .be

' carried into close proximity to the walls et the extremity 2, thusreducing the endof the ink passage between said member and theextremity, whereby just a suihcient quan# tity of ink will be'suppliedto the ink hear`v ing points oit the penu f Y Suitbl'y eennectedte .the,inner end ofthe sie ieui

member 7, as at 15, is a coiled compression spring 16 which is arrangedlongitudinally of the body, the combined length of said spring and themember being greater than the length of the body 1, whereby when a cap17 is screwed or otherwise mounted upon the inner end ofthe body 1, thespring 16 is placed under tension to hold the member 7 normally seatedin the extremity of the body A lishing a passage between the walls 9 ofthe member 7 and the walls of the extremity of the body 1, permittingink to ow toward the ink bearing points 6 and 14. Ink is fed to thesepoints through the medium of the slits or slots 5 and 13 and as lthe penis moved over a surface a broad stripe or mark is made, as shown inFigl. ln making a plus mark the intersecting lines are of the same Widthand in making a cross mark Without changin the position of the pen, theintersecting lines are of a greater width than the intersecting lines ofthe plus mark. The width of the plus mark line corresponds to thedistance between opposite sides of the writing or printing points andthe width of the cross lines corresponds to the. distance between theangles of the walls of the writing point. ln practice, it is notnecessary to completely force the outer end of the member 7 into theextremity'of the body 1, as the outer end of the member 7 can be usedfor writing or printing purposes without bringing the end of theextremity into engagement with the surface to be written or printedupon. A slight pressure upon the pen provides suilicient space betweenthe member 7 and the extremity of the body for ink to flow onto the inkbearing points 14. Immediately upon the writing or printing points ofthe pen being removed from a sur'- ace the spring 16 causes the member 7to engage the seat 3 thereby shutting ol the flow of ink. i

l/lv'hen the cap 17 is removed from the inner end of the body 1, the endof the spring 16 protrudes from the body, thus permitting of the samebeing gripped and the member 7 removed from the body, whereby the body`can be llushedand thoroughly cleansed. 0f

course, the member 7 when removed from. the body can be similarlytreated.

rlhe pen in its entirety can be made of a noireorrodible material and ofsuch sizes as to be Conveniently used for various purposes.

@ne embodiment of my invention has been illustrated, but it is to beunderstood that the structural elements are susceptible 4to suchvariations and modifications as fall within the scope of the appendedclaims.

l/Vhat I claim is:

1. A. pen comprising a body having an oxtremity thereofprovided with inkbearing points, and a member normally seated in the extremity of saidbody and having ink bearing points adapted to register with the inlrbearing points of the extremity of said body.

2. A pen comprising a hollow body having an extremity thereof providedwith inl; bearing points, a member normally seated :in the extremity ofsaid body and having ink bearing points protruding beyond the inkbearing points of said extremity, and means within said hollow body forretaining said member normally seated in the extremity thereof.

3. A. pen comprising a hollow body constituting a reservoir, said bodyhaving an extremity thereof beveled and provided with ink bearingpoints, and a member normally seated in the extremity ot said body andhaving a beveled end projecting from the beveled end oi said extremityand provided' with ink bearing points adapted. to register with the inl(bearing points of said extremity when said member is unseated.

4. A. pen comprising a body having a frusto-pyramidical shaped extremitypro vided with ink bearing points and a correspondingly shaped yieldablcclosure normally seated in the extremity 'of said body? and providedwith ink bearing points.

A pen comprising a hollow body constituting a reservoir, said bodyhaving agredueed beveled extremity, a recessed yieldable'member normallyseated in the extremity of said body and havinga beveled end adapted tobe shifted into the plane of' the beveled end of the extremity oi saidbody.

6. A pen comprisingl a, hollow body constitutingT a reservoir, said bodyhaving a reduced beveled extremity, a. recessed yieldable membernoijmally seated in the extremity of said body and having a, beveled endadapted to be shifted into the plane of the beveled end of the extremityolf said body, and means longitudinally oli .said body for holding` saidn'ieinber normally seated and to `facilitate the removal of said memberfrom said body.

7, A pen comprising a hollow body hav ing a. reduced end provided withopposd ink bearing points, and a yieldablo meml'ier 'normally seated inthe reduced end of .said

with slitted edges, and a. yieldable member arranged in said body andhaving a beveled slitted end adapted to be moved to and from the slittedextremity o' said body.

i). A pen comprising a hollow body oonstituting a reservoir, said bodyhaving an extremity thereof beveled and provided arranged in Suid bodyand having a beveled slitted end adapted to be moved to and from theslitted extremity of said body, and means arranged Within said body forholding said member' normally seated in the' eX- tremity of' said bodyto close the same.

10. A pen comprising a hollow body hav ing an end thereof beveled andslitted, a member movably mounted in the end of said l hnv :and having abeveled and slitted end l normally protruding from the end of said body.

11. A pen comprising a hollow body having an end thereof beveled andslitted, and a member movubly mounted in the end ot' said body andhaving a beveled and slitted end normally protruding from the end ofsaid body and means Within Said body and cooperating therewith inholding said member whereby the end of said body is normally closed.

In testimony whereof I aliii my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

FREDERICK C. VFENELEY. Witnesses: ANNA M. Domi,A G. E. MoGANN.

